The document summarizes the design choices made for a student-created music magazine called MB. Key design elements included using bold purple text for the title to make it stand out, incorporating conventions from other magazines like Q and NME. Photos were taken professionally in a studio to look polished. Models and genres featured were chosen to appeal to the target demographic of teenagers. Fonts, layouts, and content were tailored for readability and to highlight important information on different pages like the cover, contents page, and articles. Overall choices were made to develop the magazine into a real product for its intended audience.

1. 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge
or develop forms and conventions of real media products?
The title of the magazine:
My magazine is called MB it stands for ‘Music Belongs’. It is written in
bold to help make it stand out to the target audience. I used the colours
purple and white as they are contrasting colours which therefore makes
the name of my publication noticeable. To create this effect I made the
text a dark purple and I added an outer glow. The outer glow effect
helps to make the title stand out more than the other texts therefore, it is clearly recognisable as the
title of the magazine and will be easy for audiences to hind among other publications.
The idea to have a short title came from Q and NME magazine. When researching different
publications and their history, Q magazine said that they chose to call it Q as it is short so people can
easily remember the title. When looking at pictures of NME magazine I noticed how the title stood
out as all the title was bold and was outlined to make it stand out even more. When making my
magazine I decided to incorporate these ideas to help me create a good masthead. I decided to make
my title short, I didn’t want to have just one letter for the title as I didn’t it to seem like a Q magazine
copy. My magazine title is too letters MB and I used the NME technique of outlining to make it more
noticeable among other publications. I chose the colour purple because I thought it would be a
unisex colour as I didn’t want my magazine to seem too directed at one gender.

2. Mise-en-scene of images:
The five pictures displayed on the right of this slide were all
taken in the studio at my college. Pictures 2 and 5 were all
taken in the studio because they were shots for the front
cover. I did this because I wanted it to look professional, as
other publications do the same. I didn’t use any props for
pictures 1,2,4 and 5 as I wanted the audience to concentrate
on the model and as I didn’t want them to be distracted by a
prop. However, in picture 3 I used a couch I did this to make
the girl group seem relaxed and because they are the only
ones sat down, it draws attention to them and invites the
reader to turn to the page and read the article. Picture 1 is
of the singer looking away to the camera, this was to create
a ‘cool’ vibe towards him. Picture 2 is of the singer gesturing
the reader to keep quiet, this refers to the title ‘Trinity
James reveals all’. The pose further creates the illusion that
Trinity is telling the magazine all of her secrets. Picture 4 is
of the cover singer, she is sat on the floor with a leg out and
a hand on her hips. She is in this position as the picture is for
the double page spread and I asked her to pose like this as I
wanted the text to fit into the empty space. Picture 5 are
several pictures of the cover model, this was because these
were other pictures I took as possibilities for the front cover
and then I put them on the double page spread. 5
2
3
1
4
Below each of the shots are
numbered, for ease of referencing.

3. This picture was not taken in the studio, but at a Rizzle Kicks concert I
went to. I thought the picture would be a nice touch to the magazine
as it makes the magazine look professional as they are actual singers.
There were lots of different photos from the concert but I chose this
one as it has both singers in the shot. I chose these singers as their
target audience is young adults which is the same target audience as
my magazine. Therefore my magazine should attract the right audience.
All of the models are within the age range of my target demographic, therefore it clearly identifies who
the magazine is aimed at. The models are wearing typical teenager clothing (jeans and a top) this again
highlights the audience and also makes the reader feel like they can identify with the models as they
probably wear similar clothing.
The lighting of each picture is different, I have done this to make each page seem varied. Picture 2 is
the front cover photo therefore, the lighting is quite bright as I want potential buyers to be able to
clearly see the cover image, as a dark image may induce a negative view of the magazine.
The models I have chosen for the subject of my pictures are a mix of female and male. I have done this
because I want my magazine to appeal to both genders. However, I do have 4 females and 3 males in
the pictures. Though I do want both genders to read my magazine it is more aimed at females so this is
why I chose to have one more female.

4. Text, font and style:
Cambria
Anakefka Condensed
Arial
Arcoverde
LMS God Save The Queen
Arial
Arial
Arial
Arial
Arial
Arial
Arial
Arial
Arial
Arial
Arial
Reasons for use:
Anakefka: the masthead font, it’s
a bold text so it stands out to the
audience.
Cambria: is a font that suggests
professionalism. I used it as a
strapline font as it is different
from the other fonts which
makes it stand it more therefore,
it has more chance of being read.
Arcoverde: I used this font to
make the singers name become
the focus of reading in an
attempt to get fans of the singer
to buy the magazine.
God Save the Queen: I used this
font to visually show that there
was a page on British music.
Arial: I used this font as it is clear
so the reader will have no
problem when reading the cover.

5. Cambria
Cambria
Cambria
Cambria
Cambria
Cambria
Anakefka Condensed
Reasons for use:
Anakefka: the masthead font, it’s
a bold text so it stands out to the
audience.
Cambria: is a font that suggests
professionalism. I used it as the
contents page font as it looks
fancy which reminds the reader
that though it is a music
magazine it is serious about it’s
content.

6. Calibri
Calibri
Calibri
Calibri
Edwardian Script
Anakefka Condensed
Reasons for use:
Anakefka: the masthead font, it’s a bold text so it stands out to the audience.
Calibri: I used this font as it is clear so the reader will have no problem when
reading the Article.
Edwardian Script: This font was used to look ‘girly’ as the singer is female and it is
written in a handwritten way to suggest it is an autograph.

7. Calibri
Calibri
Calibri
Calibri
Edwardian Script
Anakefka Condensed
Arial
Reasons for use:
Anakefka: the masthead font, it’s a bold text so it stands out to the audience.
Calibri: I used this font as it is clear so the reader will have no problem when
reading the Article.
Edwardian Script: This font was used to look ‘girly’ as the singer is female and it is
written in a handwritten way to suggest it is an autograph.
Arial: This was used to make the pull out quote look clear and stand out as it is a different font to the others on the page.

8. Written content:
On my first double page spread I decided to
write an article introducing the cover singer.
I thought it would be a good idea to do this
to let the reader know who they are if they
didn’t already know. If people are fans of the
singer then they can read the article as they
may find out something about the singer
that they didn’t already know.
On my second double page spread, is a Q&A
with the singer. I thought that this would be
a nice idea for an article as it is a common
feature in music magazines. The questions I
asked were both specific to her career and
other questions were general questions
about her music. The questions are different
to intrigue the reader and to increase their
interest in the singer.

9. Music genre and how my magazine suggests it:
The genre music that my magazine focuses on is pop and hip-hop.
I chose these genres as they are one of the most popular genres for
teenagers which is my target demographic.
My magazine suggests this through the use of the picture in the top
right corner which is of Rizzle Kicks. Rizzle Kicks are a hip-hop band
which highlights my magazines genre.
The front cover suggests a pop magazine as the colours are bright
rather than black which suggests rock music.
Contents page:
My contents page follows the colour scheme used throughout the
magazine- blue and purple. I used 4 pictures, three of which have
the page numbers on, I did this so that if a reader likes the photo or
the singer they know what page the article is on to find out more. I
made my pictures just the right size as they are not too big that
they dominate the page or too small that they aren’t noticeable.

10. Layout of Front cover:
The text on my front cover is around the edges of the magazine. I did this
to make the cover model clear and noticeable as she is the focus of this
particular issue. My masthead is in the top left corner as this is the
general place for mastheads to be placed. The strapline telling the reader
about the magazines success is at the top of the magazine. This is
because it is eye catching to the reader.
Layout of Contents Page:
On my contents page there is an equal ratio of text and pictures. My
pictures don’t overlap or are grouped together in one place as I don’t
want the contents page to look like a scrapbook nor did I want it to look
picture dominated.
Layout of Double Page Spread:
The main picture takes up one of the pages to highlight how she is the
focus of the article and the questions and answers article is taking up ¾ of
the following page and there is some pictures stripped across the bottom.
I did this as I didn’t want the page to look text dominated which may put
off the reader.
Layout of Double Page Spread:
My page has one picture that takes up both pages this is because eit is
the main picture. The text is in the empty space of the picture which fits
nicely. The title is at the top of the page to clearly show the reader what
the page is about. There are some music notes as part of the page design
to highlight how the magazine is about music.